Chapter 148: Keeping It Useful
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The tenth princess understood everything in an instant, she stared at this handsome face, wiped the tears that slipped down to her chin with the back of her hand, and sniffed, "Let's eat first, accompany me to finish this meal, and I will go to the Zongren Mansion tomorrow." “
She went to Zongren Mansion in person, which was better than Xie Zongren going a hundred times, and as for what she was going to do, everyone knew it.
He didn't even let her give birth to a child, which shows that the other party really doesn't like her.
The twisted melon is not sweet, and the tenth princess comforts herself.
Some people are sorrowful, and some people rejoice.
Concubine Min scolded Xie Zongren for being ungrateful on the surface, but after scolding, the eldest aunt repeatedly asked if she wanted to teach Master Ma a lesson, and received a negative answer.
"We are the royal family, not the people of the market," Concubine Min didn't want to be too ostentatious, "If the first emperor is here, the palace will definitely not be spared, but after all, I am not the emperor's biological mother, and the emperor is not with us, Xie Zongren is a court official, if you let someone with a heart be used as a handle to investigate, it will not be good to spoil the prince's plan." “
The eldest aunt nodded and said yes, "But on the side of the tenth princess, Huanzhi said that Her Royal Highness is getting thinner and thinner." “
"A little affection, sadness is inevitable," Concubine Min disagreed. "Ruthless is the most emperor's family, Xie Juma is a smart person, how much he gets involved in the power will sooner or later hurt the princess, and leaving may not be a bad thing."
After a pause, he said: "After a while, let Huanzhi take the princess to the poetry meeting and flower viewing party to walk around, there is no need to be restrained and polite, and have more contact with the children of those kings and grandsons, and the family background is the first." “
The eldest aunt took the order.
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Wang Fu ran errands for Emperor Jingwen and had just returned from the Zongren Mansion.
"Your Majesty, everything is done," he said with a face of flattering servants, "Lord Xie's horse waist card has also been returned." “
Emperor Jingwen raised his eyes and continued to review the chapters. "He moves very fast." “
Wang Fu couldn't figure it out: "Your Majesty, Lord Xie doesn't want to have wealth in front of him, it's rare, it's really rare." “
"If he were a fool, Concubine Min wouldn't tolerate it for so long." Emperor Jingwen didn't think it was strange, and said slowly, "If he leaves the tenth princess, he can at least save a small life." “
"The slave really doesn't understand, Lord Xie is very confused," Wang Fu said in a low voice, "He has his back to the court, eating Yulu, if you are loyal to the emperor, you will be fine, why bother to be entangled with the concubine?" “
Emperor Jingwen's pen paused. Cast a slap in the face.
Wang Fu hurriedly slapped his mouth: "The slave is speechless, the slave should not put the beak of the mother." “
"People go to high places and water flows to low places," Emperor Jingwen re-spoke, "Xie Zongren can't help himself, so he has no choice." “
Wang Fu came up with an idea: "Why don't the emperor take the opportunity to pull him and let him know your goodness." The slave thinks that he and the tenth princess have been married for a few years, and they will not know nothing. “
Emperor Jingwen didn't speak, and looked at him meaningfully.
Wang Fu wondered if he had said the wrong thing again, and was about to slap his mouth, when he heard the emperor say, "Excuse me, go on." “
"The slave also listened to the emperor's words, and the mouth suddenly opened." Wang Fu flattered, "The slave has a few relationships with Master Xie, and there were rumors in the past that he seduced the princess with a man, but the slave felt that it was not, at least not deliberately. “
"He really didn't mean to seduce the tenth princess," Emperor Jingwen also agreed, "The imperial grandmother has seen him and thinks that he is an extremely smart person, even if his family background is average, there will always be a day when he will come out." “
Wang Fu: "What made Lord Xie decide to leave His Royal Highness the Tenth, the emperor, the servants are puzzled, and there is no news from the eyeliner of Concubine Min." “
Emperor Jingwen didn't seem to be in a hurry, and only asked, "When was Xie Zongren rescued?" “
Wang Fu said: "Summer. “
"Then start investigating in the summer," Emperor Jingwen explained, "and carefully investigate all the places you pass through." “
Wang Fu received the order.
As for the news of the harmony of the tenth princess and the concubine master, it was blown all over Beijing/City overnight, replacing Cui Shangshu and being beaten.
Everyone was stunned, thinking that it happened suddenly, and only Yun Xiu knew that it was not.
Xie Zongren can come to her in a grand manner, and the reason is also very sufficient, the case of the chase and killing is over, Cui Yong seems to have come to light, it stands to reason that the two things are superimposed, if the emperor is fair, he should give an explanation, but why has there been no movement for a long time?
He waited for Yun Xiu to go to the appointment in the teahouse, but Yun Xiu never came.
Xie Zongren is very patient, she doesn't come, he has a way.
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The flower hall in the front yard of the Marquis of Zhongyi's mansion came as an uninvited guest, and after the steward arranged refreshments, he said respectfully: "Lord Xie, I'm afraid you will have to wait for a while when you find my marquis." “
Xie Zongren smiled and nodded: "It's okay, just ask when the Hou Ye will return home?" “
"Shen Shi." The steward replied.
Xie Zongren looked at the sky outside and calculated, "It's almost soon, I'll wait." “
When Shen Shi, Ling Xiao had just arrived at the Hanging Flower Gate, and the steward came to report that Master Xie was coming.
"Lord Xie?" Ling Xiao was stunned for a moment, then remembered who it was, frowned and asked, "What is he doing here?" “
The steward followed behind and replied, "Master Xie has something important to discuss." “
Ling Xiao asked, "Where are the others?" “
Steward: "In the Flower Hall." “
Ling Xiao's footsteps stopped, "I know, you go down first, you don't have to tell the old man, I'll deal with it." “
He said, didn't go back to the main house in the backyard, and went directly to the flower hall.
Xie Zongren was sipping tea, with a comfortable look on the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.
"Good tea." He held up the teacup to the man at the door.
"Something to say." Ling Xiao randomly found an empty chair to sit down.
Xie Zongren put down the teacup, and there was a slight smile on the corner of his mouth: "Master Hou, since the last time we met, in the past five or six days, there has been no movement in the Cui family and the palace, don't you think it's strange?" “
"I know what you're trying to say." Ling Xiao raised his hand to interrupt, "The emperor insists on protecting the Cui family, and no one can do anything about it." “
"Is Master Hou willing?" Xie Zongren suddenly asked, "The Cui family made mistakes, and the emperor is not to blame in the past, I am afraid that there will be even more fearlessness in the future." “
Ling Xiao looked at him and was silent for a moment: "What do you want to say?" “
"Master Hou, Xie has left the power of the princess, I am afraid that a catastrophe will come," Xie Zongren got up and bowed his hands, "I want to rely on the power of Lord Hou, and I am willing to be a guest." “
Ling Xiao didn't want to refuse: "You are a staff member, I can't afford to invite you." “
Xie Zongren was not annoyed: "Hou Ye no longer thinks about it?" “
Ling Xiao: "Don't consider it. “
"That being the case, Xie said goodbye," Xie Zongren didn't talk nonsense, got up and saluted, turned his back to Ling Xiao when he left, and said coldly, "Master Hou, you will regret it." “
Ling Xiao sneered: "Don't send it." “
An unpleasant conversation, and the two know what the real reason is?
Yun Xiu saw that after Ling Xiao came back, his face was not good, and he walked away from the people in the house, and persuaded: "I know that Xie Zongren is here, but I haven't seen him, and you are not happy?" “
"He's called bold," Ling Xiao snorted, "The front foot is and leaves, and the back foot comes to the Hou Mansion, when Lao Tzu is dead?" “
"Look at you, so angry," Yun Xiu poured tea into his cup. "I heard about Heli, the ladies in the circle have no other skills, the parents are short, one can say more than the other, and they also said that the tenth princess didn't think about eating for this tea, they asked me to go to the princess's mansion to comfort me, but I didn't go."
"Just don't go." Ling Xiao said, "Xie Zongren is not a fool, the tenth princess can't protect him, and Concubine Min and the emperor don't have a good heart, I doubt what he knows, I don't know." “
Yun Xiu pondered for a moment: "What do you think he knows, and you don't?" “
"I can't guess right now," Ling Xiao said goodbye, "It's just intuition, after all, he was once the son-in-law of Concubine Min, and it's not so simple to pick it up." “
There has been a lot of confusion in the officialdom for a long time, and there is no need to figure out the ins and outs of many dangers, because it is very likely that when the danger comes, it will be the day of great calamity.
The Cui family was not punished, the emperor was defeated at Yumen Pass and did not want to chill the hearts of the soldiers, so he punished Cui Shangshu with a small punishment and a big admonition, and punished him for a year, so he gave up.
This kind of result, whether it is the Qin family, the Qi family or the Ling family, is unconvincing, but what if you don't accept it, the emperor needs a gun, a gun that involves the power of the old ministers, the Cui family is willing to charge, and there will be gains.
Whether Cui Yong came back or disappeared, the emperor pretended to be deaf and dumb, and naturally no one mentioned it among the ministers, but Shangshu Mansion closed its doors to thank guests, which made people wonder if chasing after the wind and shadows may not be groundless.
Xie Zongren will not give a full explanation, and Ling Xiao will also keep the information he knows.
After the first city was successfully captured, Cui Yong was carried away by the victory and killed the enemy when he saw it. Finally get caught up in the other party's layout.
He went back to Yangguan to count the grain and grass, escaped the catastrophe, and when he reacted and tried to rescue, he encountered a snowstorm.
The snow was so overwhelming that he couldn't even see clearly, and it was impossible to send troops, and there was no other way than to suffer.
Most of the recruits stationed in the city were trapped, and they knew how to take winter clothes from the dead to keep them warm, and many more froze to death at night, with nearly half of the casualties.
Cui Yong knew that he was finished, he paced back and forth in the big tent, and the only thing he thought of was to escape.
Fortunately, the blizzard blocked, and most of the troops were stationed in Yangguan, they couldn't get through, and the enemy army couldn't get through.
"Father, father! The son thinks that as long as the Qin family goes, the Yumen Pass will definitely be able to take it back! Cui Yong pulled out of the painful memories, pulled Cui Shangshu's sleeve, knelt on the ground and pleaded, "My son is incompetent, but it's not too late to make amends, maybe the emperor can spare his son once for the sake of victory." “
"Confused!" Cui Shangshu shook off his hand and said in an accentuated tone, "You are guilty of a capital crime, a capital crime!" You know! “
His tone was angry and anxious: "And." The Ling family broke the cauldron and handed over their military power to protect the Qin family, and let Qin Ying go to Yumen Pass at this time, what way do you have to live? The emperor can protect us once, but he may not protect us a second time. “
After a pause, he said angrily: "Do you think the emperor really doesn't know that you are back?" Ling Xiao's kid went to the imperial study to complain! “
Cui Yong's intuition was not good: "But why does the emperor protect us?" Father, have you ever wondered why? “
"Naturally, it is to regain the military power in the hands of the Qin family." Cui Shangshu snorted coldly in his heart, "Otherwise, you would still be alive to talk to me now?" “
"Don't you understand the Qin family?" Cui Yong sat on the ground, his face as pale as paper, "If the Qin family hands over the military power at this time, the emperor's next target should be me." “
"The Qin family won't pay it, at least not before the Yumen Gate," Cui Shangshu affirmed, "The emperor unloads the mill and kills the donkey, and the dishonest minister, the Qin family will definitely leave the hole cards in their hands in case of accidents." “
Cui Yong was still very panicked: "Father, Yumen Pass will not fight for a lifetime, the two cities are not difficult, just wait for the snow to stop, if the Qin family class teacher returns to the dynasty and then hands over the military power, the son will not be finished." “
"Now you think about what you did when you ran away!" Cui Shangshu hated Tie Cheng and kicked him, "How can our family have a waste like you who are greedy for life and afraid of death!" “
As he spoke, he brushed his sleeves away angrily.
At the same time, the eyeliner transmitted the news from outside the palace to Wang Fu.
Emperor Jingwen was in the dormitory and his concubines were on the rise, so he could only wait and wait for no movement in the palace before going in to report.
However, he stood outside the main hall, his legs were numb from the cold, and he couldn't see the inside stopping.
Listening closely, the concubine's wheezing sound was a little strange, not like pleasure, but like crying.
The emperor's anger is not a matter of one or two days, the concubines of the harem saw that the emperor did not turn over the brand for half a month, and they were anxious to become black corns, and ran to the queen mother in groups to set the province in the morning and dusk, how the queen mother was not clear, the emperor was called over for dinner, and the grandparents and grandchildren ate alone in the warm pavilion, I don't know what to say, the emperor went back to the imperial study and asked the internal affairs office to send the brand.
The one that flipped casually was not lucky, but a little back.
This tossing lasted until the second half of the night, Wang Fu was awake, heard that there was no sound in the hall, and was hesitating to speak, when he heard the voice "coming" inside, and he hurriedly ran in.
The dragon in the dormitory was burning vigorously, Wang Fu did not dare to walk to the dragon couch, but stood outside the partition door and said in a low voice: "The slave is here, what does the emperor command?" “
Emperor Jingwen said tiredly: "Carry people out." “
Wang Fu belched, called two apprentices, and carried out the unknown concubine wrapped in a quilt.
The hall is lit with ambergris, and it can't suppress the body odor after pleasure.
Emperor Jingwen frowned and asked Wang Fu to thicken the incense.
"Your Majesty," Wang Fu said cautiously when he came back after adding incense, "Yesterday's news came, slave??"
Emperor Jingwen rubbed his forehead: "Read." “
Wang Fu said yes, opened the small bamboo tube, poured out a small note, and looked at it, "Your Majesty, the wire report said that Lord Xie went to the Zhongyi Marquis Mansion." “
Emperor Jingwen was not surprised, and only asked, "Is there anything else?" “
Wang Fu: "It's gone." “
Emperor Jingwen waved his hand, signaling that he could go, "I'm tired, I'll talk about anything tomorrow." “
After a few days, the emperor did not turn over the cards, but no one in the harem dared to go to the back of the empress dowager to speak, because the concubines who slept that night hung themselves with white silk on the second day after returning to the palace.
Wang Fuquan didn't see anything, didn't hear anything, and waited more carefully for the emperor.
Emperor Jingwen summoned Xie Zongren to meet him in the past two days, and Wang Fu withdrew to dismiss all the palace people, leaving only the apprentices on call outside.
After Xie Zongren bowed, the emperor did not ask him to get up, and he hung for a while, and suddenly mentioned the Yun family: "I heard that Yun Yushi is kind to you?" “
"Yes." Xie Zongren frowned slightly, bowed his head and said, "The uncles were unkind, and they wiped out Weichen and his mother in the early years, but fortunately they were helped by the Yun family. “
"Your ancestral home is Huaibei," Emperor Jingwen said as if unintentionally, "How to know the history of Yunyu far away in Yangzhou, I remember that Xie Jian had no contact with Yandao during his lifetime. “
Xie Zongren replied in 1510: "Yes, Weichen's mother and Mrs. Yun are close friends in the boudoir. It's a pity that the lady died early, and it was the old lady of the Yun family who remembered the old love. “
"Oh, that's it." Emperor Jingwen tapped his fingertips on the imperial case, making a rhythmic sound, and jumped out of the other topic, "Why do you want to reconcile with the tenth princess?" “
Xie Zongren replied calmly: "Weichen is not worthy, and he should not delay the future of His Royal Highness." “
"It's affectionate." Emperor Jing Wen's tone was slightly loose, and he asked again, "Does Concubine Min have any objections to you?" “
Xie Zongren replied without leaking: "If you go back to the emperor, the concubine is not bad for Weichen. “
Because whether it is good or not, the emperor's traps are all ahead.
Sure enough, Emperor Jing Wen suddenly had no head and no brains to ask him: "Has King Rui looked for you?" “
This problem is a dead end.
King Rui is very low-key, he never appeared at the Mid-Autumn Festival Palace banquet, and the emperor never told any courtiers the news of King Rui's return, Xie Zongren said that he had not looked for it, proving that he knew and was in the middle of it.
If you say that you have found it, it is equivalent to throwing yourself into the net.
Xie Zongren didn't have time to think more, he fell prostrate on the ground, nodded his forehead, and said in a panicked tone: "When Weichen and the tenth princess were newly married, I heard the princess mention that there was an imperial uncle who liked to travel in the mountains and rivers, and Weichen had never seen it, but he didn't know that it was His Royal Highness King Rui in the emperor's mouth. “
This avoidance was very ingenious, and the corners of Emperor Jingwen's mouth were raised, revealing a smile, "It's this imperial uncle of mine, can you see it?" “
"Wechen is terrified," Xie Zongren lowered his head, his eyes flashed with coldness, but he spoke out in fear, "Wechen and His Royal Highness have been at odds for a long time, so they discussed reconciliation and separation, and Wechen confessed." “
Speaking of this, Emperor Jingwen would be bored to ask again, it seemed that he did not have the courage of an emperor and was aggressive for some family matters.
On the whole, Xie Zongren did not make any mistakes, and the tenth princess personally went to the Zongren Mansion to propose it, and the royal family had all the face, and it was the horse master who was dumped.
Wang Fu sent Xie Zongren out of the palace, turned his head back to the imperial study, and said when serving tea to Emperor Jingwen, "Your Majesty, the slave thinks that Master Xie is not telling the truth. “
Emperor Jingwen: "I know. “
Wang Fu's voice lowered: "Why don't you find someone?"
"No, it's useful for him to keep it." Emperor Jingwen raised his finger, "Just keep an eye on it." “
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When Xie Zongren walked out of the gate of the vermilion lacquer palace on the great shore, it was almost noon, and the winter sun was warm, and he was afraid that the sun was dazzling, so he did not return to the Ministry of Works, and asked the coachman to go back to his residence directly. The two-in, two-out mansion he had just bought.
Everything in the house was new, furnished as he remembered from his previous life.
"Master Xie," Wan Zhi waited for him in the flower hall for a while, and Fu Li said, "The princess asked the slave maid to send something." “
"His Royal Highness's kindness, I understand it in my heart," Xie Zongren was not in a good mood and didn't want to be involved with the royal people, "Aunt Huanzhi took it back, and she didn't send it down." “
Huan Zhi said: "Lord Xie, Your Royal Highness has been worried when he learned that you were invited into the palace, for fear that the emperor would make trouble for you. “
"I have nothing to do with His Royal Highness, please care more about yourself." Xie Zongren didn't have the patience to consume it, so he ordered the expulsion of guests, "Come on, send off guests." “
Huan Zhi didn't stay, and said before leaving: "Lord Xie, the antidote pills made by His Royal Highness's Special Destiny Hospital can cure all kinds of poisons, even if it is arsenic and crane top red, if you take it immediately after poisoning, there is still a chance of survival." “
A chance, even a hint, is better than nothing.
Xie Zongren saw the brocade box on the coffee table in the flower hall, said thank you, and hesitated. Take it away.
The tenth princess waited for Huanzhi to come back at the Hanging Flower Gate, and when she saw the carriage arrive, she couldn't wait to go over and ask, "Why did you come back now?" But the royal brother detained the horse? “
She is still used to calling Xie Zongren a colt.
Huan Zhi hurriedly got out of the car and squatted An Fuli, "I didn't deduct it, it's just that Lord Xie came back late." “
The tenth princess sighed and asked again, "Did he accept the pill?" “
Huanzhi nodded: "Accepted." “
The tenth princess was a little expectant: "Didn't say anything else?" “
Huan Zhi shook his head, Xie Zongren's words were very polite, so it was better not to say it.
The tenth princess's eyes showed disappointment, and her mouth muttered, "It's good that he comes back safely." “
Turn and step through the weeping flower door.
The weather in early winter is very warm, approaching Sanjiu, Yanjing snow without warning, sprinkled with water, overnight, white expanse.
In the morning, when the sky was bright, Yun Xiu heard Chunliu say that it was snowing, put on a cloak and went to the door to look outside, and then ran back to the side of the bed, put his hand into the quilt, and woke up the sleeping people.
Ling Xiao hissed, heard the other party giggle, and directly got up and rolled the person into the bed, pressed his hands and feet together, and said in a low voice: "You're full of sleep, right?" “
"No," Yun Xiu immediately begged for mercy, "I'm hungry, I want you to get up and have breakfast together." “
Ling Xiao was not fooled: "To be honest. “
Yun Xiu pointed to the glass window: "It's snowing, it's not interesting for me to enjoy the snow alone." “
"It snows every year, and it looks like it every year," Ling Xiao let go of her, covered the quilt, and yawned, "There's nothing new, it's cold outside, you go to the window and watch slowly, I'll sleep again." “
"Usually you wake up first and toss me," Yun Xiu didn't want him to sleep, "How did it come to you, it's different?" “
As she spoke, she began to shake him. "Get up, get up, I'm hungry, eat with me."
Ling Xiao was completely woken up, staring at his unkempt hair, and said sleepily, "Get me clothes." “
"It's right at your hand, and you need someone to serve you." Yun Xiu shook off the folded clothes and draped them on him, "Can't you wear clothes when you go to bed in the future, it's like this every morning, and you're not afraid of the cold in spring, summer, autumn and winter." “
Ling Xiao asked rhetorically, "Do you wear it?" When I slept last night, I didn't wear it. “
"You won't let me wear it," Yun Xiu glared at him and threatened. "Say one more thing, I'll move to Changchun Garden tomorrow and live with my son, you can sleep by yourself."
Ling Xiao sought a balance between the desire to survive and face: "I'm telling the truth, if you want to go to Changchun Garden, I won't stop you, but if you have to go back at night, I'll pick you up in person." “
Shameless?? Yun Xiu saw through his dirty thoughts, got off the bed, put on his shoes and went out to ask Chunliu to set up dinner.
After Ling Xiao finished washing, the whole person was sober, and then he remembered that he was resting today, "Tsk, it's snowing quite hard outside, you can't go out, why don't you get up early?" “
"I'll sleep after eating," Yun Xiu said with a smile, "I'll sleep back in a while." “
Ling Xiao snorted: "It's a pig to eat and sleep." “
Yun Xiu blinked: "Don't you sleep?" “
"Sleep." Ling Xiao gritted his teeth and thought, this sleep is not the other.
I have to say that this kind of small day when it's cold outside and the fire in the house is very pleasant, and the two of them are holding the quilt and nesting on the couch, and they have no match to talk about private words, which is also one of the fun of husband and wife.
Then he talked and talked, and I don't know how the topic came to Xie Zongren's head.
Yun Xiu said softly: "You will eat less of his vinegar in the future, let me tell you, he actually likes the tenth princess, and he didn't notice it." “
Ling Xiao looked at her suspiciously: "Fart." “
Yun Xiu sat up and glared at him.
Ling Xiao coughed lightly, "Okay, you go on." “
"Emotional matters, we women are the most sensitive," Yun Xiu leaned back on his shoulder and continued, "He left the tenth princess, and he couldn't withdraw himself, what happened in the future, the princess was not implicated, didn't you notice?" “
"Like."
Ling Xiao responded, and there were some doubts in his heart, if he wanted to say that it was okay to protect people, it was okay to say that he could be alone.
The Ten Dukes are of royal blood, as long as Emperor Jingwen intends to protect her, he can always find a suitable reason.
The two were talking, and Chunliu's panicked voice came from the hall: "Grandma, there is an old lady in the palace, saying that she was sent by the Empress Dowager, please come into the palace for tea." “
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